Body of Louisville boy missing from tornado found in heavily wooded area
May 2, 2014adminNewsComments Off on Body of Louisville boy missing from tornado found in heavily wooded area
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s 14th victim from Monday’s tornadoes has been found.
Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory says searchers found the body of 8-year-old Tyler Tucker Thursday afternoon.
Tucker’s body was found about 200 yards north of where the bodies of his mother, 31-year-old Terri Tucker, and father, 44-year-old Sean Fowler, were found Tuesday. Gregory says all were thrown hundreds of yards from their Louisville home, destroyed by Monday afternoon’s tornado. Seven other Winston County residents died from storm injuries. Four died elsewhere in Mississippi from traffic accidents.
Authorities looked for Tucker for days, using cadaver dogs and a computerized tracking system. Gregory says a team found him about 3 p.m. Thursday in a heavily wooded area on Louisville’s east side.
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